Storage and display receptacle



Filed May 5. 1925 J M GREGORY STORAGE AND DISPLAY RECEPTACLES Dec. 22,- 1925.

Patented Dec. 22, 1925.

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN IVI. GREGORY, OF SKANEATELES, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 THE CAMPFIRE COM- PANY, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF WISCONSIN.

STORAGE AND DISPLAY RECEPTACLE.

Application led May 5, 1925. Serial No. 28,227.

To all whom z't may concern Be it kno-wn that I, JOHN M. GREGORY, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Skaneateles, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Storage and Display Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in storage and display receptacles, and has for its object to provide novel, simple and handy means for displaying a portion of the contents of cans,boxes, barrels, and the like, in a manner to permit ready access to the goods, and at the same time to shield the goods from the atmosphere, dustrand tampering. A further object is to provide a tray-like display cover, which is hinged to and is disposed in an opening of an ordinary cover, and is provided with a transparent face for affording a clear view of the goods deposited in the tray. And a further object is to provide novel means for preventing accidental escape of the goods, when the tray is swung on its hinges, the latter means also being employed for temporarily locking the tray in place. y

I attain these objectsby the means set forth in the detailed description which follows, and as illustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure l is a top plan view of the com plete receptacle, to which my improvement is applied; certain parts being broken away for clearness, and dotted lines showing the lever in the released position,and the goods being withdrawn from the display tray. Fig. 2 is a broken side elevation and partial central vertical section; showing by full lines the normal disposition and arrangement of the parts for storing and displaying the goods, also showing by dotted lines the display tray tilted and the goods being withdrawn. And Fig. 3 is abroken plan view of the semi-circular flange that sup-` ports the goods during the display.

In the drawing, 2 represents the body of the receptacle which may comprise an ordi-- nary tin or paper body, having a normally open top 2, and a circumferential bead 2a below the top. 3 represents a telescoping inverted cup-shaped cap, whose depending flange 3 rests upon the bead 2a. The top 3a of the cap is preferably formed with a large concentric opening 8b, which is skirted by an annular horizontal flange 3. The cover 3 is ordinarily held in place by grav- 1tv.

4 represents generally the display de* vice, consisting of a circular tray-like part, which closes the opening 3b. The tray comprises a sheet metal portion 4 which is folded upon itself to provide an annular socket to receive and support a glass or other transparent disc 5, as shown in Fig. 2. The ring ll is preferably slightly larger than the opening 3", so that the tray may be suitably supported when closed, by the free margin of the flange 3c. At the rear side the ring 4 is split, as at et, for facilitating spreading the ring for applying and removing of the glass 5. The ends of the ring a are usually formed with registering hinge loops, as 4b, which cooperate with a pin 6, and similar loops 6,', that are soldered or otherwise rigidly secured to the top of flange 3, for forming a hinge, by which the display tray may be lowered and raised, as shown by the full and dotted lines in Fig. 2. The hinge loops 6 are preferably tied together by a butter or stop Ga which is arranged to support the tray Il, when the latter is opened to its full extent. The goods 8 to be displayed are shown supported in the tray t, by means of a broken circular depending flange or portion 7, which may be integral with the ring Il', the said portion preferably being formed with inclining walls, as 7', and the bottom margin of said portion preferably being formed with a horizontal inwardly facing flange 7a, upon which the goods and their support 8 may rest, as shownin Figs. l and 2. The depending portion 7 is shown in two parts, which extend from the split la forwardly, to a point beyond the center of the receptacle, there by leaving the front side or edge of the tray open, for the insertion and withdrawal of the goods, as shown by dotted lines in Figs. l and 2. At or near the split fla, the liange 7a is provided with perforated lugs T, which are arranged to be overlapped and these portions are held in place by a rivet or bolt 7d. The goods 8 in the present case, for eX ample, represent marshmallows or caramels, which are usually mounted upon discs or sheets of cardboard, as 8, upon which they usually remain during shipment and storage, or until sold. According to the present showing, the receptacle 2 is substantially filled with a number of the layers of the goods one of the layers lia-ving been removec from the main body of the receptacle and placed in the tray for display purposes, where its disc 8 is shown resting upon the ledge 7a, which should be broad enough to prevent sagging 'ofthe loaded disc. From timeto time the Igoods 8 in the tray may be sold and a fresh layer again transferred to the tray. The platters 8 containing the'goods 8 are shown consider'- ably smaller in diameter than the receptacle 2, and in .order to maintain the displayed goods substantially .concentric to or in registry with the transparent cover 5, I pro vide a support and guard for the unsupported front side of the disc 8', consisting of a lever 9, which may be made out of any sui-table ribbon metal. The rear Aend of the lever 9 is perforated, and is pivotally supported by the bolt'fd, which positions the lever below and clear of the horseshoe flange 7a, and allows the lever to be swung in different directions relatively to the open front-edge of the tray, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1. The vforward end of the lever 9 is formed with a goose-neck 9, whose free end .extends upwardly through the opening 3b of the c ap 'beneath thevring t, and affords a finger grip 91a, by which the lever may be manipulated. The neck 9 is preferably 4formed with a short bend for providing a bead or shoulder 9, which snaps beneath the horizontal flange 3, and pre-` vents accidental release of the lever and tray. To release the leverl from the `said flange, the operator flekesk the neck 9', by forcing the same toward the .display window, as shown by dotted lines in 'F ig. 2. Obviously, instead of the semi-circular flange 7a the tray may be formed with a closed or partially solid bottom for supporting the goods 8.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, is-

l. The combination with a receptacle cover having an open top, of a display device comprising a split circular part adapted to support a transparent disc above said opening the members of said circular part adapted to be spread apart for inserting and removing said disc, said circular part having a split depending portion extending part-way around the opening in said part adapted to support goods to be displayed within the cover and to enable said goods to be removed without disturbing the disc, and a lever piv`V oted beneath said depending portion, the free end of said lever comprising afingergrip by which the display parts may be lifted away from the cover.

2. The combination with an open top receptacle, and a cover therefor having an opening surrounded by a flange, of a display tray comprising a circular portion formed with an annular socket to receive and support a transparent disc, and an angular portion adapted to extend through the opening of ,said cover, said circular portion overlapping the flanges of the cover, the bottom portion of said angular portion being yformed with a ledge that parallels said socket adapted to support goods to be displayed, one side of said angular portion being open for the insertion and removal of the goods, the Opposite vside ofv said tray being split and formed with lugs which are pivotally connected, and a lever pivoted to said lugs adapted to guard the goods and afford means for'lifting as well as locking the tray.

8. In a storage receptacle, the combina-y tion with a telescoping'cover having a concentric openingin its top surrounded by an annular flange, of a display tray hinged to said cover and having an annular folded portion that overlaps the said flange and supports a transparent disc, a portion of said tray depending through the opening of the cover and being formed with a broken ledge, that extends forwardly from the hinged side o f the tray to a point past the center of the cover, a lever pivoted near saidhinge and extending forwardly beneath the goods, a portion of said lever beyond the broken ledgebeing bent towards the disc for preventing accidental shifting of the goods upon said ledge, the free end of said lever comprising a'Yiinger-grip adapted 'for lifting'tlie' tray on its hinge. i

4. rIhe vcombination with a storage receptacle, and a cover therefor having an open top, of a display tray partially disposed inthe o en ing of said cover, said tray being skirted y ahollow annular flange that rests upon the margin of the opening of the cover, said tray being split at one side and the portion below said flange extending from said split past the center of t-he receptacle and having a horseshoe-shaped lledge adapted to support goods to be displayed, a transparent disc supported by said annular flange, means for hinging the split side of the tray to the cover, and 'a lever for lift-ing said tray pivoted beneath saidledge, the free end of the. lever projecting through the Vopening of .the cover.

5. The combination with an -open top receptacle, and a telescoping cap therefor having a concentric opening surrounded Aby a flange, of a transparent disc, a display device fcomprising a folded circular part adapted to overlap the free margin of the flange of the cap, the space between the folds of said part comprising an annular socket adapted to receive and support said dise, said folded portion being split and adapted to be expanded for applying and removing said dise, the ends of said folded portions being hinged to said flange, the said circular part being formed with oppositely facing depending portions that extend forwardly from said split, the corresponding margins of said l0 depending portions being formed with similar flanges adapted to support goods to be displayed, and means for preventing the aooidental displacement of the goods and for raising and lowering the display parts.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOHN M. GREGORY. 

